Comments on: Duh. http://www.amatosauce.com/mike/duh/ Welcome to the collective blogging experience that is Amatosauce.com Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: drew http://www.amatosauce.com/mike/duh/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 drew Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:16:19 +0000 http://www.amatosauce.com/?p=1585#comment-1286 I know I'm a little late to this party, but just wanted to say it's another top-notch background image. I know I’m a little late to this party, but just wanted to say it’s another top-notch background image.

]]> By: tom http://www.amatosauce.com/mike/duh/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 tom Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:36:26 +0000 http://www.amatosauce.com/?p=1585#comment-1280 Let me just put on my architect's hat here for a minute... Michael my dear boy, they did indeed foresee this very event happening. That is precisely the <em>point</em> (pun intended) of that big spire on top of the building, it diverts the massive charge from the strike harmlessly into the ground, preventing the building's electrics from getting fried. If you have a look at some of the other photos from that night, the strikes went on for half an hour, and the lights on the tower remained on. Not so crazy now, eh! Let me just put on my architect’s hat here for a minute…

Michael my dear boy, they did indeed foresee this very event happening. That is precisely the point (pun intended) of that big spire on top of the building, it diverts the massive charge from the strike harmlessly into the ground, preventing the building’s electrics from getting fried.

If you have a look at some of the other photos from that night, the strikes went on for half an hour, and the lights on the tower remained on. Not so crazy now, eh!

]]> By: brendan http://www.amatosauce.com/mike/duh/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 brendan Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.amatosauce.com/?p=1585#comment-1279 And with Dubai's economy now in free fall, it will probably not be anything but a lightning rod for the foreseeable future. Still, they might be able to make a few dirham selling the glass lightning sculptures. It's not like they are in short supply of sand over there. On a similar note, imagine if your job was to climb one of these cranes every morning :| http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Burj_dubai_aerial_closeup.jpg And with Dubai’s economy now in free fall, it will probably not be anything but a lightning rod for the foreseeable future. Still, they might be able to make a few dirham selling the glass lightning sculptures. It’s not like they are in short supply of sand over there.

On a similar note, imagine if your job was to climb one of these cranes every morning :|

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Burj_dubai_aerial_closeup.jpg

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